The full name of the book Bihar al-Anwar in itself suggests that Majlisi did not collect anything he had access to in this book.

This article does not cite any sources. Terminology Types categories Biographical evaluation Musannaf Isra’iliyyat. Uyun al Akhbar ar Reda. Volumes 28 to 34 Kitab fi l-fitan ba’d al-Nabi sabout the mischiefs made after the Prophet sconduct of caliphs and what happened during their rules, Battle of JamalBattle of SiffinBattle of NahrawanMu’awiya ‘s plundering of Iraqbiographies of some of Imam ‘Ali’s a companions, commentary on some of poems attributed to him and the commentary of some of Imam’s letters, in 62 chapters.

Volumes 54 to 63 Kitab fi l-sama’ wa l-‘alamabout the sky, the world and its creationits elements such as heavenly creatures, angelsjinnshuman beings, animals, matter, and prey. In every chapter then, he first has mentioned verses of the Qur’an related with that issue together with their interpretations and then has mentioned hadiths related to that chapter.

Al-Majlisi could well manage all the works needed, so he only sent his students to collect and write verses of the Qur’an and hadiths under the titles he organized. In writing Bihar al-anwarhe has also benefited from lexical sources and commentaries as well.

Tehran, Maktabat al-Sadr, Sh. The most important and famous book written about Bihar al-anwar is Shaykh ‘Abbas Qummi ‘s Safinat al-bihar. The rest of selections from text and writing the final draft was done by Allama himself. Retrieved from ” https: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal. This page was last edited on 20 Novemberat From Wikipedia, anear free encyclopedia. In every volume, the author has collected bihadul subtopics in different chapters.

Rizvi has translated the volume 13 of Bihar al-anwar titled as the Promised Mahdi.

He began every chapter with verses of the glorious Qur’an which were either directly related or through different historical, hadith and exegetical evidences they were related with the title; then he brought quotations from different exegetes usually Amin al-Islam al-Tabrisi and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and then he mentioned hadiths related with any title together with their references. He has also benefited from Sunni sources for proving and approving Shi’a hadiths the number of which reaches Man la yahduruh al-faqih.

Zindigi nama-yi ‘Allami Majlisi. Although al-Majlisi benefited from the assistance of some scholars, financial help of Safavid government, and different privileges and facilities for gathering sources for the process of writing Bihar al-anwaraccording to available manuscripts and other evidences, he-after achieving scientific degrees and writing most of his books-did the main job himself.

Imam Khomeini wrote, ” Bihar al-anwar is the work of the great scholar of hadith, Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi which contains nearly books and znwar Bihar al-anwar is itself a library and its author wrote it when he saw that many hadiths books are about to be lost and wasted due to their small size and being less accessed.

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Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism. Bihar al-Anwar has volumes.

Bihar al-anwar (book)

Al-Majlisi has tried to cover all common topics and issues in Bihar al-anwar ; for example, this collection begins with the book of “al-‘Aql wa l-jahl” wisdom and ignorance and continues with topics about theologyOneness of God tawhiddivine justice and the history of the prophets. Shama’il Muhammadiyah Shamaail Tirmidhi. Volumes 89 to 91 Kitab fi l-taharat wa l-salat in two parts: From volume 15 to volume 53 of the volume set is dedicated to the life and merits of the Prophet sLady Fatima sand Shi’a Imams a.

He also tried to collect those references which were about to ureu lost and thus referred to those books which were abandoned due to excessive attention to the Four Booksthe corrupt intentions, lack of attention of the ignorant and the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt a.

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